If we can all agree that United needs planes now and not at some point in the future when Boeing might be able to deliver on the -10, why wouldn't United look at the used market to bridge that gap? What does that market look like?
Jump to postToday I witnessed something that in my experience is historically rare. Aircraft landings on 13C at MDW. I had never witnessed it before and had heard years ago that in an effort to avoid ORD air space 13C usage while not ruled out was avoided. Now maybe there has been a shift in position with rega...
Jump to postJust watching some current ORD delays because of taxiway congestion. Same old story. In addition... Doesn't look like the FAA has come up with an offset approach for 28L during west flow. They did work out one for 10R during east flow. Watched 3 Fed Ex arrivals land on 27R, because of departures, t...
Jump to postHow about future airports? The airport idea that just won't die, Peotone, south of Chicago. Pitched as having a large cargo presence, despite capacity at GYY and RFD, this boondoggle seems to always avoid the final nail in its coffin. Shows what some influential politicians are good for
Jump to postWhy is 9R/27L at ORD generally not used? This is a good question for those my ATC experience. I know in west flow they like to use 28R, and 22L for departures but are limited with how many departures they can send to 22L due to arrivals on 28C. Instead of 22L, wouldn't you be able to increase depar...
Jump to postSpeaking of construction projects completed on-time. Flew into T5 Thursday and the line for the CBP was 1 hr and 50 minutes, mind you this was a Thursday...in MARCH! We came into M36 on Iberia and proceeded thru the new corridors underneath the new expansion. My son actually did distance on his pho...
Jump to postO'Hare is mixing it up a bit tonight! (8:30pm Tuesday) Arrivals 22 L & R Departures 28C and 27C along with 22L I wonder why 28C instead of 28R at N5 like normal. Rwy 28R is within 1 mile of Rwy 22R which has to be treated as a crossing Rwy operation. Rwy 22R traffic has to be landing ensured pr...
Jump to postFor those interested, I wonder if we might see some 4R arrivals early tomorrow morning, before winds switch around later in the morning. Could certainly see some crosswind usage tomorrow. I have fond memories of watching arrivals on 4R from Irving Park Rd. before OMP started.
Jump to postJust noticed ORD21 website has finally been updated for the first time in a long time, not much new to see, but did notice the rendering on the front page has changed a bit, perhaps giving some clue as to what to expect from the SOM-designed satellite terminals. Looks like there may be a central sk...
Jump to postI wonder if this will finally be the end of the whiny “I moved close to O’Hare, but I’m a victim of noise pollution” BS. Somehow I doubt it. Like a bad penny, this keeps turning up every couple years or so.... In all seriousness, does this runway rotation program, and historically from the 90s/00s ...
Jump to postDoes anyone know if the FlyQuiet program is still in effect? I may have the name wrong, but basically the program spread arrivals and departures from roughly 11pm-5am to different runways throughout the month, weather permitting. Just curious as a delay yesterday put me into Ohare after 11pm and was...
Jump to postThere's also the Delta passengers that will be using T5. On one hand the DL LGA flights attract a lot of business travelers who would be interested in a convenient overnight parking option to T5. On the other hand DL's ORD O&D for all flights is probably skewed away from Chicago area residents....
Jump to postAccording to the Daily Herald, slight delay in the OGT construction - no real explanation or timeline discussion, but at least we know its moving. Also, potential change to the approach to 10R https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220602/faa-wants-comments-on-ohare-terminal-overhaul- Curious as to why...
Jump to postI agree with you; I always thought the outside of T5 was very visually appealing with the "flag hill" and nice views of departing/arriving flights etc. The idea of all that being blockaded and becoming like T1/T2/T3 with the Hilton out front is a bit disappointing. Same here! That's exact...
Jump to postForgive me if this has been answered, but I think it is common knowledge that Delta will soon be making the move to Terminal 5 and vacating it's gates in Terminal 2. I assume that United will leave their gates in Terminal 2 once the first satellite concourse is built. My question is whether or not C...
Jump to postThere are a few 753s out of service, including 3 in paint. So, I took a look at yesterday's loads on the 753 and almost all the flights were full. The perfect aircraft for hub-to-hub, Hawaii and markets like MCO. The 753s are up to 7 years younger than the 752RR aircraft. Even from a passenger pers...
Jump to postI thought T5's gates would be general use, is that not the case? The short answer is: it's complicated. In the past they were common use but with the transition of carriers from Terminal 2, Delta mainly, there will be dedicated gates in T5. SWA has had pretty much exclusive use of M1-3 for for the ...
Jump to postAnybody know why the tunnel between T1 concourse B and C at ORD always seems to smell awful? Can’t pinpoint the smell but it’s reminiscent of gasoline.. it is quite off-putting. It has been like this for at least the past year or so. I do not remember it having such an terrible smell prior to that ...
Jump to postLove the 753's with UA, especially up front. Hope they keep them around for a while!
Jump to postA question about the CONRAC and ATS.... Has there been any thought about moving the rideshare pickup to the CONRAC center once the ATS is 24/7??? I took a lyft home from my flight yesterday and the pickup zone between T1/T2 is an absolute mess. The area for the cars to park is small, the roadway is...
Jump to postWith a High Wind Warning in effect today, I'm fairly positive the crosswind runways will be in use starting some time in the afternoon. Thankfully it looks like the bulk of the winds will come overnight when air traffic is much lighter. This got me wondering though, what are the crosswind parameters...
Jump to postWe've waited a long time for this: the ORD FAA diagram was updated today showing 9R/27L complete. Still watching the radar for it being used, supposedly today. https://i.postimg.cc/90DF55f6/FAA-ORD-12-2-21.png https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2112/00166ad.pdf#nameddest=(ORD) Runways at O'Hare now oper...
Jump to postAccording to ORD's Facebook page the train will only operate from 10:30 AM to 8:30 PM and then buses will continue to run 24/7. I don't understand that, unless they plan on eventually expanding the train hours within a short period of time. Didn't the old train run 24/7? They plan on starting with ...
Jump to postSaw on the news that Sen. Hawley has asked Department of Treasury to look into a possible contradiction in Federal directives regarding the dismissal of those refusing vaccination being a violation of the CARES act or whichever bill provided help to the airlines. Anyone hear of this?
Jump to postyeogeo wrote:Watching landings on 4R this morning. Must be some heavy-duty NE winds this morning.
We definitely have more strong south wind days then north. With 27C being open, now we depart 27C from TT and Rwy 28C. We land Rwy 22R with 4 mile spacing and normal spacing on Rwy 22L. We aren’t allowed to depart 22R or land 4L. If we had to strong north winds we would land 4R and depart 4L. With ...
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jetblastdubai wrote:DaveMetroD wrote:It looks to me that the people that shoehorned in the 6 parallel and 2 crosswind runways knew what they were doing.
They should have kept 32R and bulldozed 4L/22R.
T5 expansion question: how many additional gates are now open at the east end of T5 (i.e. after M21)? I haven't flown through T5 in 2 years :( so not sure what's open on the east end, but there was a great article today in Crain's that says the new gates should be open by end of 2022/early 2023. OR...
Jump to postAnyone have any idea on the future of the 753 fleet? With the recent order(s) of the A321 I can't imagine these old CO and TZ will be around much longer. Certainly my favorite plane to fly on especially up in F.
Jump to postwinter wrote:What’s the purpose of the degree offset approaches?
In the United Fleet thread post, it was mentioned UA would like ORD to grow to 700+ flights/day in the future. Is this even possible in their current gate configuration? Will it be possible when OGT is completed wrt S2/T1? One stat I haven’t been able to find is how many daily flights can ORD suppo...
Jump to post[photoid][/photoid] In the United Fleet thread post, it was mentioned UA would like ORD to grow to 700+ flights/day in the future. Is this even possible in their current gate configuration? Will it be possible when OGT is completed wrt S2/T1? One stat I haven’t been able to find is how many daily fl...
Jump to postUnited787 wrote:Looking forward to seeing a new satellite image from Google. The current one has to be at least 2 years old.
Just saw on ORD's Instagram page that it looks as though 9R/27L is closed for construction. I suppose I could check the NOTAM but can anyone confirm this? 9C/27C primarily used for departures as a result?
Jump to postNow that the weekend is over I can answer your question. For the entire weekend UA's domestic and short haul network load factors was 87.4% Long haul international routes are now being split out for obvious reason if we were to include long haul it would bring down our over all load factors which w...
Jump to postMentioned this in the Chicago Aviation Thread, but the bids for an extension to the busing contract (buses being used in place of people mover) look to be opened sometime in March or April of this year. If they are just opening bids in the future, that leads me to believe these buses will be used f...
Jump to postMentioned this in the Chicago Aviation Thread, but the bids for an extension to the busing contract (buses being used in place of people mover) look to be opened sometime in March or April of this year. If they are just opening bids in the future, that leads me to believe these buses will be used fo...
Jump to postI hope I'm reading too much into this but... The bid opening for the busing contract has been pushed back again. Now until April 15th (from March 8th). Not sure what the term of this contract is for, but taken altogether it looks like the ATS is still a ways off and the buses will be around for a wh...
Jump to postWe can depart Rwy 9C from FF or use the full length if we are also landing the Rwy. I'm curious if ORD Plans and Procedures office has worked out traffic flows when 27L/9R is lengthened and usable. On west flow: departing 27L while landing 27C or 27R (similar to the flow on the south complex) could...
Jump to postFascinating thread. I've often wondered about the different configurations (particularly when the 22s are in use). For info, this is the planned usage of runways at full build-out: https://www.oharenoise.org/sitemedia/documents/resources/charts_maps/estimated_runway_utilization_at_buildout041218.pd...
Jump to postAlso, on the topic of departures off 28C/10C, do they use that runway during times of high cross-wind? A few weeeks back they were doing arrivals on the 22s and departing on 28C instead of 28R at N5. I'm no controller, just a casual observer, but I have noticed this happen quite regularly when land...
Jump to postAre there any construction photos of the T5 Expansion? I'm not sure if Austin Powers Partners have anything up on their website, but I can tell you steel is going up quickly on the Headhouse expansion between M7-M12, and on the east side, the 2nd ramp tower is about half way up with additional stee...
Jump to postFor those of use hoping for a return to the ATS and an end to the shuttle busses you might want to look away. CDA just posted bids for a busing contract. Bids won't even be opened until February. Hoping that there is an alternate explanation for this but it reads like the ATS might be down for at le...
Jump to postAnyone know when 9R/27L will be shut down to finish extension and departures moved to 9C/27C? Would imagine it might be a week or two for construction staging...
Jump to postThe new runway, 9C/27C, will open on Thursday 11/5! Some good news... https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/park-ridge/ct-prh-new-runway-tl-1022-20201020-vbcpphvkqfd6pn4xz3dnz7foci-story.html Awesome news! I guess it will be used primarily as a departure runway during East flow operations (replaci...
Jump to postI did hear the airport was on the 22s today. Quick question. Winds are howling today out of the south, last hour ORD reported gusts to 44mph. A quick check still shows the airport in west flow. What is the threshold to switch to the 22s for arrivals? Surprised they haven’t already. Maybe something ...
Jump to postQuick question. Winds are howling today out of the south, last hour ORD reported gusts to 44mph. A quick check still shows the airport in west flow. What is the threshold to switch to the 22s for arrivals? Surprised they haven’t already. Maybe something to do with repacking of 4R22L?
Jump to postUm ok... like this?? https://www.mdwmod.com/progress/Pages/Construction-Progress-2020.aspx https://www.mdwmod.com/progress/Pages/Construction-Progress-2019.aspx https://www.mdwmod.com/progress/Pages/Construction-Progress-2018.aspx https://www.midwaypartnership.com/follow-our-progress/ ORDFan-That's...
Jump to post[threeid][/threeid] Didn't see this posted. The FAA has a good video on the opening of the new RWY 9C/27C in November and planned revised airfield configuration in east and west flows after it opens: https://www.faa.gov/airports/airport_development/omp/ Awesome find! Certainly sounds like the new ru...
Jump to postFAA fining Ohare for safety violations in relation to incident last November
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-27/faa-proposes-1-57-million-penalty-on-chicago-for-unsafe-runway